THE COLD WEATHER TODAY PRESENTED SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO FIREFIGHTERS... WHO WERE BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE IN CHANCEFORD TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. NEWS 8'S YORK COUNTY REPORTER ED WEINSTOCK WAS THERE. 3 FLAMES SHOT THRU THE ROOF OF DAN HORTON'S FARMHOUSE FRIDAY MORNING.FIRE FIGHTERS BLASTED THE FLAMES WITH WATER.WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ICICLES TO FORM ALONG THE ROOF LINEHORTON AND FAMILY MEMBERS WATCHED FROM A DISTANCE.DAN HORTON/FIRE VICTIM10:09:44:23APPRX MY FEET ARE COLD. MY TOES ARE COLD10 :08:34:01 JOJEAN HORTON/SISTER IT IS COLD.. IT IS BITTER COLD OUTEVEN IN THEIR HEAVY TURN OUT GEAR, YORK COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS WERE DEFINTELY FEELING THE BRUTAL COLD. 10:31:49:02 CHIEF ERIC MYERS/WINDSOR TOWNSHIP FIRE COMPANYTHE ONLY THING THAT IS COLD IS MY FACE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS BUNDLED UP IT WAS SO COLD...FIREFIGHTERS COULD NOT TAP INTO A NEARBY LAKE BECAUSE IT WAS FROZEN. THEY HAD TO SHUTTLE WATER IN FROM A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY THAT HAS HYDRANTS.12:22:56:14 DEPUTY CHIEF TERRY SNELLBAKER/NEW BRIDGEVILLE FIRE COMPANYYOU DO YOUR BEST TO STAY WARM>WAS THAT HARD HERE TODAY>IT IS HARD OUT THERE TODAY12:54:09:04 EDW SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE STARTED, TWO FIREFIGHTERS FROM WRIGHTSVILLE WENT UP TO THE ATTIC. THEY WERE BATTLING THE FIRE WHEN THE FLOOR GAVE WAY. THE FIREFIGHTERS FELL EIGHT FEET TO THE FLOOR BELOW.THEY WERE QUICKLY PLACED INTO A WARM AMBULANCE AND RUSHED TO A HOSPITALAS THEIR FELLOW FIRE FIGHTERS CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE FLAMES SOME OF THE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT STARTED TO FREEZE UP12:21:16:14 CHIEF SNELLBAKER WE HAD TWO VEHICLES THAT THE PUMPS FROZE UP ONDAN HORTON KNEW FIRE FIGHTERS WERE FACING SOME PROBLEMS AS THEY FOUGHT THE FIRE10:09:33:17 I THANKED EVERYONE OF THEM PERSONALLY DEALING WITH MY HOUSE.THANKED THEM ALLIN YORK COUNTY, EDW W NEWS 8 3 THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION... BUT HORTON SAYS IT WAS A CHIMNEY FIRE. HE TOLD ED HE WAS USING A WOOD STOVE TO HEAT THE HOUSE.